Fated To Three Betrayed By All Until She Rose (Leilani) by Ahvahh novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The stain.

Leilani.

"Attention everyone!" My father’s loud voice boomed through the still air of the heavily decorated hall, forcing everyone’s attention to the front of the room where he stood looking sharp in his navy blue Armani suit, with a wine glass in hand and a smile on his face.

And then he delivered the blow;

"On this special day, I’d love to announce the engagement between my favorite person in the whole wide world. My golden girl, my only daughter, Chalice Blackthorne, and the future Alphas, Kael, Caelum and Zevran Stormborn!"

I froze. My heart stopped. Like literally stopped beating as subtle ringing began to sound in my ears.

The crowd erupted into wild cheering at his words but I didn’t miss the subtle jeers. The snorts and the pitiful looks that some of our pack members threw at me.

He’d just called Chalice, my twin, his only daughter. In. Front. Of. Everyone.

He’d just made the world see how unimportant I was to him, and that was the most embarrassment I’ve ever received.

This was nothing like the times he’d hit me in the past. Or the times he and every member of the house had taken Chalice’s side when she was wrong. This wasn’t like how it felt when he made me a slave in his house... and even gave his employees the authority to bully me.

This was different.

This was him putting me in my place— even though I’ve always known my place since I was six.

I was 6 when it dawned on me that I was the defective twin with wild blonde hair and purple eyes while every other member of my family was auburn and spotting blue eyes.

I was 12 when I finally understood the meaning of a ’crush’, and maybe I was foolish, but at that young age, I knew I liked our Alpha’s triplet sons a little too much.

I liked the way their dark hairs gleamed in the sun. The way their dimples deepened whenever they smiled— even though they never smiled at me. I knew I liked the way they looked at me a second too long.

And I knew that they liked me too— I could feel it.

Until my twin, Chalice read my diary. She found out about my crush on them, and for that, due to her overwhelming desire to have everything that was supposedly mine, she befriended them.

I wasn’t so surprised though when they clung to her like everyone else did; but that didn’t take away the fact that it hurt me like a bitch. I also wouldn’t lie that it didn’t hurt when they never dared look at me because they adored my sister.

But that’s besides the case.

I was 16 when Chalice shifted for the first time, and of course, I didn’t.

And at age 18, when I still wouldn’t shift, I was known to be defective. Weak. The curse. A stain to my family’s very porcelain reputation.

And my father, the power hungry Beta, absolute-fuckingly abhorred me for it.

So now, was this his way of repaying me? For hurting me even more than he’s done in the past?

Everyone in the pack knew how much I doted on the triplets. Even my family knew that.

So what was this?

Why is he announcing their engagement to my twin... and acting like I don’t even exist?

Why does he hate me so much?

First came the pain... the hurt. And then there was rage.

The blood in my ears rushed loudly, dulling all sounds into nothing but white noise. Tears blurred my vision, making it hard for me to see anything; but despite my aching heart and my trembling limbs, I managed to stand tall, even though the snickers around me were growing louder.

Even though the paparazzi wouldn’t stop taking my pictures.

Then as if to mess up my already messed up life, the triplet Alphas waltzed into the party just then. They were all lovey dovey with my sister, brandishing gifts for only her, even though it was clearly our birthday.

They treated her like she was a rare gem, a piece of porcelain. Like she was the very air that they breathed.

Until Kael stopped and took in a very deep breath.

The hall stilled. Everyone froze in fear.

No reject can take her place...

I was the reject.

My heart grew heavy. My chest tight, especially when Chalice leaned closer, her eyes gleaming with malicious intent. She drawled; "I know you did something to them... to make them think you’re mates, but I swear to the goddess, I’ll ruin it, and I’ll ruin you."

The laugh that slipped out of my lips just then was dripping with sarcasm... and pain. So much pain. I shook my head even as my tears fell, and rasped out; "Who needs dumbos like them anyway? You can have them."

I saw Chalice’s face fall, but she quickly composed herself. She snarled; "The same dumbos you’ve loved all your life."

And that was true. That was painfully true.

And then dropping her voice until it was a whisper, she leaned back towards the triplets and drawled, "...my stomach hurts. I think I am going to be sick from arguing so much with Leilani."

The triplets turned to glare at me, but just like they were in a trance, their gazes softened when they turned back to her. They behaved like they were charmed, their very perfect smiles returning to their faces; the fussing over her returning.

"Ignore this." Caelum spat. He didn’t even have the decency to refer to me by my name.

I guess he doesn’t even know my name.

Growing up, I hoped that even though I never got my wolf, that I would find my mate. And I hoped that whoever it was would be my ticket out of this miserable life. But I was wrong.

I was wrong because the Alpha’s triplets were my mates— the three men wrapped around my sister’s little finger.

And I knew I was wrong when I saw the look in their eyes.

Disgust.

I watched as they led Chalice away from me, not even caring about the sorry state I was in, their eyes occasionally darting back to me as if in a bid to keep me in check.

The party resumed. Everyone went back to what they were doing, but I couldn’t. I could never. Especially since the alphas wouldn’t stop drilling holes into my skin with their eyes.

Especially since their rejection still stung, still felt fresh.

They didn’t reject me. They didn’t acknowledge me. And they never spoke to me again after that day.